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Collected by R. A. Phillips.

Mountmellick, Q. Co., 11/5/26.
[[underlined]] Andrena albicans [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]], [[underlined]] A. fucata [[/underlined]] 3 [[2 male symbols]] 1 [[female symbol]] very fresh; two of the [[2 male symbol]] & 1 [[female symbol]] with dark tarsi. [[checkmark]] R.C.L.P.
[[underlined]] A. jacobi [[/underlined]] 3 [[2 male symbols]], A. subopaca many [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]]
[[underlined]] A. subopaca [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]]
[[underlined]] Halictus rubicundus [[/underilned]] 1 [[female symbol]], H. albipes 2 [[2 female symbols]], [[underlined]] H. nitidiusculus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]].

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Ballinakill, Q. Co. 13/5/26.
[[underlined]] Andrena jacobi [[/underlined]] 4, Fresh, [[2 male symbols]].

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16/5/26. A most glorious day, never a cloud, after clear frosty night: breeze rather cool, otherwise perfect but following bad weather!
Deepark, Powerscourt, WI. AWS.
[[underlined]] Andrena albicans [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] seen.
" [[Ditto for: Andrena]] [[underlined]] jacobi [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] seen. [[underlined]] CUCKOO! [[/underlined]]
" [[Ditto for: Andrena]] [[underlined]] fucata [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]]
" [[Ditto for: Andrena]] [[underlined]] cineraria [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] abundant on "cliffs" along rises & just below fall, but most abundant on flat where the motors stop near fall: only 1 [[female symbol]] seen.
All very fresh.

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Deerpark, Powerscourt cont. 16.5.26.
[[underlined]] Andrena subopaca [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] Halictus rubicundus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbol]] everywhere.
" [[Ditto for: Halictus]] [[underlined]] calceatus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbol]] " [[Ditto for: everywhere.]]
" [[Ditto for: Halictus]] [[underlined]] freygessneri [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbol]]
" [[Ditto for: Halictus]] [[underlined]] leucopus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbol]]
" [[Ditto for: Halictus]] [[underlined]] tumulorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbol]].
Hawthorn only out in patches : Maple & Sycamore at best! [[line]]
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[[underlined]] Sphecodes monilicornis [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] at Daddy-long-legs cliff by river. Another [[female symbol]] seen at same place, much smaller!
[[underlined]] Nomada bifida [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]]
" [[Ditto for: Nomada]] [[underlined]] ruficornis [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]
" [[Ditto for: Nomada]] [[underlined]] marshamella [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] common.
[[underlined]] Bombus lapidarius [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] ^ only 1 on bluebells [[/insertion]] [[underlined]] lucorum, agrorum, muscorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]]; only workers seen were [[underlined]] lucorum [[/underlined]], a few Tenthredinidae:
[[underlined]] Dolerus bimaculatas [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] by river as usual.
" [[Ditto for: Dolerus]] [[underlined]] gessneri [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. [[underlined]] D. aeneus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. [[underlined]] D. nigratus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] [[checkmark]] RCLP.
" [[Ditto for: Dolerus]] [[underlined]] haematodes [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] [[checkmark]] RCLP.
[[underlined]] Pristiphora ruficornis [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. (= [[underlined]] crassicornis [[/underlined]], var. of RCLP.), flying round Hawthorn.
[[underlined]] Loderus vestigialis var. nov. [[/underlined]] 2 [[male symbol]] 1 [[male symbol]] [[checkmark]] R.C.L.P.

Black sp. with pale legs fly round Hawthorn.